The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-11-08
NEARING THE CLOSE.

NEARING THE CLOSE.
Great Crowds In Chicago Surround
the Prison of the Anarchists.
EngeI Attempts Suicide Rather than
Die Under the Law.
Romb-Throwers Locked Up In the
Station They Tried to DemoIIsh.
CHICAGO, Nov There were groups of
people on the corners of the block in which
the jail is situated from an early hour this
morning, while continuous procession pass
ed by on the other side of the street and dis
cussed the sensational bomb finding develop
ments of yesterday. Police in uniform and
in plain clothes, mixed with the pedestrians
and kept them on the move. Inside the
building the guard on the ground floor was
doubled, and every applicant for admission
was compelled to run the gauntlet of half a
dozen officers before reaching the iron door
thai that gave entrance to the jail proper. The
eovery of the bombs last night.
Fielden. Spies and Schwab expressed their
astonishment and regret, but Parsons, Engel
and Fischer said nothing and took the news
as II they had known all about the matter
and understood what had happened.
The Prisoners.
OF the seven men, who will be executed
Friday unless the pressure brought to bear
on the Governor, changes his reported de-
tarnin otinn IN LAT fha laxv taEa ifc aonrca
Lingg is type of extreme manly beauty
His face is as beautiful as that of statue
by Praxiteles. Delicate features, straight
nose, perfect mouth, high, broad. white
forehead, and luxuriant growth of a rich,
warm, auburn-hued hair, are among the ply
steal attractions of this remarkable prisoner.
Born in Baden, Lingg came to America
charged with the extreme communistic
theories of the school of Bakounine, who
believed it duty to destroy all constitutional
authority by assassination, or any violent
means the most convenient. He is well edu-
Gated, although possessing but limited
knowledge of the English tongue. He has
been the most daring and reckless of all the
armed group of revolutionary Communists
who have terrorized Chicago by their threats
and menaces.
Samuel Fielden is man entirely different
In appearance from the fiery Lingg. A thick
set figure, with a round head, thicEly covered
with bushy hair, typical English face and
the broad accent of the north of England,
are among the ex-hedge preachers charac-
teristics. Fielden impresses the observer as
being an honest man, by no means blood
thirsty or savage. He has been an agitator
from his youth. Fielden, although an Anar-
chist, is not in the same category of violence
with Lingg. His voice is pleasant, and the
man is evidently thoughtful, and it is belev-
ed that Fielden and Schwab will be given a
commutation of sentence by Gov. Oglesby,
and that they will never hang.
Schwab is tall and round-shouldered, with
full beard, dreamy expression of counte-
nance, and has positively gentle manner of
aDstractedly gazing on you through his very
near sighted glasses. A scholar, linguist,
and an omnivorous reader, Michael Schwab
may be a philosophical Anarchist in prinei
pie, but he is never murderer or a cruel de-
stroyer. Employed as an editorial writer on
the Commnnistlc newspaper, publlshed by
Spies, the Arbeiter-Zeitung, on salary OF
$40 week, Schwab, whose talents fitted him
to command adequate compensation, became
misanthrope, and looked darkly on mod
ern, or, for that matter, ancient civilization.
Fischer and Engel are rabid Communists,
and their appearance is neither inviting nor
even tolerable. Fischer, in particular, is
described as a violent man, who would not
stop at any personal means to attain an end
Together with Lingg he was the immediate
mover of the Haymarket outbreak, and they
do not evinee any sign of repentance for the
injury that was done on that bloody night
when the bomb was thrown.
Parsons is small and of extremely unin-
teresting appearance. He is the talker of
the condemned, and is generally ready to
write or speak on any subject connected
with his theories or his personal prospects.
1t is difficult to associate him with the Hay
ma ryaf frIn ffnaar fpcf tnr nf
armed resistance to ''capitalistic tyranny"
August Spies, the former editor Of the
Arbeiter-Zeitung, is not improved In ap-
pearance by his long captivity. His face is a
handsome one, but disappointment and rage
toward mankind of the "oppressor" class
has soured his being.
Engel Takes laudanum.
Not the least remarkable phase of the
bomb discovery yesterday is that it came
about from the fact that Anarchist George
Engel attempted suicide Saturday night by
taking an ounce of laudanum.
About 11.2O O'Clock Emil Sooner, who is on
the death watch, passed Engeps cell and was
attracted by groans from within. In STOP
ping to inquire into the cause he found Engel
breathing heavily and lying PROSTATE. he
called him by name but received no answer
and ON opening the cell door discovered that
the mar was suffering from the effect of some
Supplying drug,
The watchman called in DIR. Gray, who
discovered that Engel was suffering from
poison. AS soon as he brought the patient
to his senses he raved and cursed at being
disturbed in his sleep, and asked the reason
of his being awakened. He protested thai
he had only drank little whiskey and was
all right. His condition and subsequent
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forced to take emetics, and kept constantly
walking until all danger had passed.
Besides the discovery of explosives among
the effects of Lingg there was found in
EngePs cell bottle, from which he had
taken laudanum. Three or four drops Of
laudanum still remained in the bottle anC
Engel at last sullenly admitted the truth o.
the accusations. He preferred death by hi,
own hand, he said, to the carrying out of {
sentence under any law. He refused to state
how he obtained the poison.
Blowing Up the Police.
A villainous and what was nearly sue
cessful effort to destroy the East Chicago
avenue station by dynamite oc
CURED yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. Dor
Won Planshi of 1S0 Ontario street, well-to.
do merchant, and Don Vetter Rivos, thu
principals, are now locked up in the bastilt
which they wished to demolish. Captair
Shack, who procured the evidence against
the Anarchists, was the man whose life they
sought. A little flaw, however, blocked theil
game, and now their chances for going to the
pententiary are consoling to the public.
Rivos is the son of the Venezuelan consu
to Stuttgart, Germany. He is in this countr,
for the purpose of being taught English. His
confederate is low br0wed character, un
known to the police. When the plan was
concocted to destroy the station is moi
known; but it is evident that the conspiracy
between the men was more than day old
Since the decision of the United States Su
preme Court was announced, which settled
almost everything regarding the stay of tn,
condemned on earth, the station has beer
guarded. AT 1.30 O'Clock the prisoners were
seen in the vicinity of the station. The,
were watched. After prying open an irol
grating large sized bomb was inserted il
the orifce made and ignited. The seyera
officers fell upon them and they were exam
ined. On the person of each was found tive
revolvers and several dynamite cartridges
They were locked up.
In an interview with the bailiff they sal,
they were in sympathy with the apostles O
anarchy, and came to Chicago for the pur
pose of teaching Shack lesson. They Wi
not be arraigned until after the execution.
EngeI in Conversation.
Ell gel told DR.. Gray, the assistant count
physician, today, that he took sixteen moi
| phine pills, Friday night, at gulp. He ha
the pills when he came to the Jail a year ant